Friday, August 21, 2015

PSTA CEO Brad Miller's Evaluation by PSTA Board Member Dave Eggers

Each year PSTA Board Members are asked to complete a
formal evaluation of the PSTA CEO Brad Miller.

This Series gives the detailed evaluation by each PSTA
Board Member.

Text is taken from Documents obtained from formal
Public Records Request with NO edits.

Instructions (To
Board Members)

Please take a few minutes to provide a numerical score
in the following 10 general performance areas. You may also provide narrative
comments as needed. A narrative providing some further explanation of each
performance area is provided to help guide you in developing your overall
score.

Reviewer:Dave Eggers Commissioner
Pinellas County

1.
Organizational Leadership

Rating for this category is a scale of 1 (worse) to 5
(best).SCORE:2

COMMENTS:Overall I would like to see have seen more
leadership on the Path Forward during Greenlight as the questions asked and
answered were ones that should have been addressed all along. Also would like
to see more proactive legal assistance to avoid situations like the recent
policy change on taping meetings with or without notification to the
participant.

Additionally the message and deliverer of the
Greenlight message in the public realm was weak. Don't know how leadership is
with the executive Committee or employees

2. Future
Opportunities & Investments

Rating for this category is a scale of 1 (worse) to 5
(best).SCORE:2

COMMENTS:Felt too much reliance was placed on Green
Light and opportunities for organizational or service improvements were not
explored and partnerships were not obtained. The way the discussions were
approached with the MPO on accessing capital was not handled well though the
premise of the ask is fair.

3. Policy
Development & Strategy

Rating for this category is a scale of 1 (worse) to 5
(best).SCORE: 3

COMMENTS: The
move to have committees certainly has allowed for more robust discussions but
with the exception as to where an item should be designated for discussion at
the board meeting. The committee should decide whether or not to place on
agenda or consent agenda.

Feel like Strategic plan discussions should have been
on the docket all along and not just because green light failed.

4. Policy
Implementation

Rating for this category is a scale of 1 (worse) to 5
(best).SCORE:2/3

COMMENTS: Hard
to say but very disappointed that in his recent medical absence, we had no
leadership planned for the meeting.

Certainly very disappointed in the taping of an
individual without their knowledge or agreement. New policy is implemented in a
seemingly very cavaleer sp? manner.

5. Working
Relationship with the PSTA Board (As a Governing Body)

Rating for this category on a scale of 1 (worse) to 5
(best).SCORE:3

COMMENTS:Seems fine at the Board meetings

6. Working
Relationship with Individual PSTA Board Members

Rating for this category is a scale of 1 (worse) to 5
(best).SCORE: 3

COMMENTS:Seems good but would suggest that he cycle
through the board and visit members around agenda briefings to develop better
communication and understandings...not monthly but perhaps once a year anyway.

7. Financial
Resource Management

Rating for this category is a scale of 1 (worse) to 5
(best).SCORE: 2

COMMENTS:The rhetoric displayed during the Green Light
process seems inconsistent with financial condition of PSTA, at least in the
short term.

8. Human Resource
Management

Rating for this category on a scale of 1 (worse) to 5
(best).SCORE: 3

COMMENTS: Seems
fine but again chain of command issues led to no one with the Board in Brads
absence. Also there seems to be some "disconnect" between him and our
attorney. More reactive to events and not proactive enough.

9. Community
Leadership & Relations

Rating for this category is a scale of 1 (worse) to 5
(best).SCORE: 3

COMMENTS:Not enough experience to comment here except
I have heard very little about PSTA and our executive director from any business
leaders. Again "desperate times" require calm and consistency in
approach at the top.

10. Project
Management

Rating for this category is a scale of 1 (worse) to 5
(best).SCORE: 2/4

COMMENTS:Greenlight efforts (not good) and project
development (not enough experience yet) but late move to committees should help
that in the future (2)